Cavatelli With Spicy Tomato-Sausage Sauce

* Exported from MasterCook *

CAVATELLI WITH SPICY TOMATO-SAUSAGE SAUCE

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Serving Size : 4 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Italian Pasta
Sauces Meats

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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2 c Quick Tomato Sauce
12 oz Hot Italian sausage
1 tb Olive oil
1/2 c Reserved juice from canned
-tomatoes (or water)
2 tb Fresh basil, chopped (1 1/2
-tsp dried)
3/4 lb Cavatelli or penne
3/4 c Ricotta

PREPARATION: For The Sauce, make the Quick Tomato Sauce. Remove casing
from sausage. Heat olive oil in large frying pan over medium heat; saute
sausage, breaking into small pieces, until color turns pale and sausage is
just cooked through, about 10 minutes. Add the Quick Tomato Sauce, basil,
and tomato juice; simmer, uncovered, over low heat for 5 minutes. Sauce can
be made 1 day ahead.

COOKING AND SERVING: Cook the pasta in 4 quarts boiling, salted water
until just tender, about 8 minutes. Drain well. Reheat the sauce. Toss
the pasta with sauce. Serve on warmed serving dishes. Garnish each
serving with 3 tablespoons ricotta.

Makes 4 servings.

[COOKS; May/Jun 1988] Posted by Fred Peters.



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